Present:

Warren Grable	Brian Harris

Jennifer Luedke

Nikia Weber	Janel Anderson

Galen Mitchell

Nick Popple

Sherman Smith

Jason Winder

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by President Warren Grable at 6 p.m.

AGENDA

It was moved by Mitchell and seconded by Luedke to approve the agenda with the addition of Item 5c: Junior Class Sponsors. Motion Carried.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

The Board of Education took a moment of silence to reflect on all the servicemen home and abroad serving our country at this time and staff members that are ill.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Weber to approve the vouchers and bills as presented. Motion Carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Winder to approve the consent agenda as presented. Motion Carried.

Approval of Minutes – August 17 and August 27, 2015

Special Board of Education Meeting – September 21, 2015 at 6 p.m.

Approval of Junior Class Sponsors – Jeni and Ken Huss

SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

Dr. Doug Moeckel presented to the Board of Education on the superintendent search process.

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Mitchell to hire Kansas Association of School Boards in the amount of $3750 to conduct the superintendent search for 2016-2017. Motion Carried.

BAND TRIP

Mr. Matt Allison, Band Director, presented to the Board of Education plans to attend the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, TN in the 2016-2017 school year.

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Luedke to approve the band trip as presented. Motion Carried.

BOARD GOALS FOR 2015-2016

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Popple to approve the board goals.

Focus upon evaluating the school district budget and future school funding trends to help make educational and facility improvement decisions.

Focus upon technology planning, integration, and implementation.

Focus upon strategies to retain and recruit a high quality educational staff.

Focus upon facilitating discussions concerning the long range future of the school district and to promote cooperation and communication with area school districts.

Motion Carried.

Mr. Harris updated the Board of Education that the football team has been selected KQ2 team of the week. Mr. Harris gave a handout of enrollment numbers and 7-12 schedules with the number enrolled in each class. The auditors have been in this week and will have a final audit report in October. ACT test score compared to the State of Kansas were reviewed as well as preliminary state assessment scores for Kansas. Individual school results will be out later in the fall.

TEACHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Mitchell to approve the teacher advisory committee as presented for 2015-2016. Motion Carried.

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMITTEE

It was moved by Weber and seconded by Mitchell to approve the health insurance committee as presented for the 2015-2016 school year. Motion Carried.

Mr. Harris gave Mr. Cash’s handwritten report to the Board of Education.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Mitchell gave the DCEC report.

Mr. Smith left the meeting at 7:15 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Mitchell to go into executive session for a period of 10 minutes to discuss nonelected personnel matters in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board and Superintendent

Returned to regular session at 7:26 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

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Janel K Anderson, Clerk